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CBI files charge sheet against TN man arrested for sexually assaulting children
In its charge sheet filed recently before a POCSO court in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur, the CBI alleged that the accused was sexually abusing a child for the last four years
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet against a 35-year-old person from Tamil Nadu who was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting eight children aged between 5 and 18, officials said.
In its charge sheet filed recently before a POCSO (Protection of Children From Sexual Offences) court in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur, the CBI alleged that the accused was sexually abusing a child for the last four years.
“It was further alleged that the accused forced victims to perform penetrative sexual acts on them as well as on other minor children, including a minor victim girl; clicked photographs and recorded videos; forced them to watch sexual acts with other adult person; threatened them with publishing the pictures and video on social media and for bringing more minor girls,” a CBI spokesperson said in a statement on Friday.
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The CBI had uncovered his crimes when it found Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) images and videos from the Interpol’s International Child Sexual Exploitation (ICSE) database.
The forensic analysis using specialised tools led the CBI to Thanjavur district.
“Searches were conducted at the premises of the accused which led to recovery of incriminating electronic gadgets. The accused was arrested and is in judicial custody,” the statement said.
During the investigation, the CBI found that Raja had sexually assaulted eight children, both boys and girls, between the age of 5 and 18 for a couple of years.
It was alleged that in most cases, he targeted children aged below 12, forcing them to perform sexual acts with other children and using them for pornography, the CBI said.
With inputs from PTI
